Small-coin bank



I. J. KU S EL.

SMALL COIN BANK.

APPLICATION FILED lAN.20, 1919.

1,3925689. Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

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im-unm 11v VENTOR an. ATTO {VEY WITNESSES I. J. KUSEL.

SMALL COIN BANK.

APPLICATION FILED mmo,v :919.

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WITNESSES: INVENTOR rarer rears.

Application filed January 20, 1919.

To all whom it may concern: 7 r

Be it known that I, IsmoR J. KUsEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Small-Coin Banks, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming ;a part ofthis specification.

.My invention relates tosmall coin banks.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a very simple andinexpensive construction of bank of this kind.

Another object is to provide a bank which may receive a predeterminednumber bf coins and may not be opened .until it receives that number ofcoins. V

Another object of the-invention is to provide for the simple and easyopening of the bank when it contains the predetermined number of coins.7

Another object of-ithe invention is to make it difiicult or impossibleto withdraw a coin after its insertion into the bank has been started.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a coin bankembodying my present invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken on line 33 in Fig. 2; v

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on line 44 in Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a view of one of the parts of which the bank is made; t

Fig. 6 is anelevation of a modified form of device;

Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section of the same; and

, Fig. 8 is a vertical section taken on line Fig. 7.

Referring to the drawings I show in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, a bankconsisting of a shell or casing preferably of cylindrical form, as shownin Fig. 2. This shell or casing preferably consists of an upper member 1and a lower member 2, which members are preferably made of metal. Uppermember 1 has a top 3 and the lower member 2 has a bottom 4. The members1 and 2 are fitted closely together, as for example by telescoping thelower member into "the upper member, so

" Specification of Letters Patent.

SMALL-COIN BANK.

Serial No. 271,956.

that normally the two members are held firmly together, but it ispossible to separate them and thereby open the bank.

In the construction shown in the figures referred to the lower member 2is provided withan interior shell or casing 5, which is fixedly securedto the main lower member 2. This member 5 forms the inner part of thelower member, and its upper end portion 5 telescopes into the uppermember 1 s an arrangement for temporarily holding these members 1 and 2together the upper or outer member 1 is provided with an annular grooveor recess 6 conveniently formed by punching out a portion of thematerial of said member 1. The inner member 5 is provided with one ormore beads 7 which will fit into the groove 6 when the two parts of thebank are snapped together, whereby the bead or beads 7 will hold the twomembers 1 and 2 in engagement and thereby retain the bank normallylocked.

The top 3 is provided with a device by which the coins may be actedupon. This is conveniently in the form of a screw 9 threaded into thetop 3 and provided with a thumb piece 10 by which it may be turned. Thusthe coins may be filled into the bank until they occupy substantiallythe entire space therein up to the coin slot 11, which is provided inthe upper member 1. Then this occurs the screw 9 is screwed down intothe bank so that 1ts lower end engages the uppermost coin and acts uponit. Further turning of the thumb piece 10 causes the separable member 1to rise, inasmuch as it is not possible to compress the coins further,it being possible to separate the members 1 and 2. Thus these members 1and 2 are forced apart by a sufiicient operation of the screw 9 and whenthey are separated the bank is opened and the coins removed.

The bank is preferably of such size as to take a predetermineddenomination of coin and a certain number of same. For example, the bankshown in Fig. 1 is of a size to take twenty-five one cent pieces whichis suflicient for a United States Government thrift stamp, and thus thebank becomes a thrift savings bank. When these twentyfive one centpieces are in place, the screw 9 may be operated to open the bank, butuntil the bank is so filled it cannot be opened, inasmuch as the screw 9will not Patented Oct. at, 1921.

reach the coins and the members 1 and 2 are held together too firmly tobe separated by the fingers.

As a matter of further improvement'l provide a coin engaging member,preferably in the form of a spring clip 12, which is secured by rivets13-13 to the inner lower member 5. The upper end 12 of this clipprojects into the coin slot 11 and thereby engages the coins when theyare inserted in that slot. The yielding nature of the clip 7 12 permitsthe coins to be pushed into the bank but if efiort is made to withdraw acoin after it has been introduced into the slot, the clip 12 will bepulled against the adjacent part of the bank wall and will thereby bindthe coin in the slot and preventits withdrawal.

The top 3 of the bank is preferably provided with a cover 1 1 ofcelluloid or the like, which adds to the appearance of the I bank andalso permits suitable names or inseparate interior member 5 isdispensedwith and the lower. member 20 has its upper end portion 21reducedso as to fit ortelescope into the lower,r,end-. portion of theupper member 22. This lower member 20 is pro 'vided with one or morebeads 23 which engage the groove 24: formed by the annular rim 25punched in said member 22. V

The spring coin engaging clip'26 isse cured to the lower"; member 20 byrivets 2727. In this form of bank the celluloid disks are notarranged-upon the top and bottom; V I p v It will be understood thatchangesand modifications maybe made without departing from the spirit ofthe-invention.

What I claimis: A y

In a coinv bank in combination, a container composedof twoseparablyrconnected closed sections, each comprising substantially ahalf portion of the complet'econta'iner, means for normallyfrictiona'lly maintaining the sections connected, a coin entrance slotin the side wallof one of said sections near the outerend thereof, aninner shell in one of the sections extending into the slottedsection',and means carried by said shell and extending across said slotfor preventing extraction of the-coin contents.

In witness whereof-,1 hereunto subscribe my name this ith day} ofJanuaryyA. D, 1919. 7 i

ISVIDORVJ. KusEL;

